Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-16
FEMALE FICKLENESS.
Why Tarrant County Girl Refused to Car,
~ Out Marriage Engagement.


4 pretty good story comes from tie
neighbOrhood OF Crowley, in this county.
Not far from that rursl hamlet dweIIs {.
belle Of the neighbOrhood whose
given name of Susie is sui
Gent for the purposes CT this
truthful narrative. She is ;ust nineteen,
pretty as a picture, and ten years ego at
the mature age of nine, plighted her
faith to d young man over whose head
twelve summers had passed and likewise
as many winters. This engagement oC-
cured while the twain attended en- old
field school away back in Louisiana,
the Irritation going on between intervals
long Ones-Oi pretended study of blue
backed spelling books. The young msn
who shsll be called John, good enough
name for any hero, went with his parents
to Texas and his sweetheart did likewise.
the families settling in different counties.
They had not seen each other ii ten
long years, though each knew
of the others whereabouts, and
G toIersbly regular correspondence had
been kept up. The old engagement was
still on, though Susie did rot lack for
suffers in her own reigh5Ozhood.
Only last week she received
letter from her betrothed saying that re
was coming and that ne would stop at
Fort Worth to procure marriage license.
The girl sent back aletter telling him now
gladly she would welcome hin.
Think OF the 10y OF such meeting.
After ten long years the couple, VINO as
school children had waved everlasting
love, we're again TO be reunited.
1t sounded Ike piece out New York
story paper.
Well, ne came, but lot as 5 conquering
hero. To tell the trutn the young man
did q very unaccountable thing. He pre-
sented himself at his girls house in his
| everyday working clothes, Clue shirt and
big slOuch nat. He looked decidedly
rough. The meeting was painfully lack
ing in that eTusion that ought by all the
rules OF romance to have characterized
it. In fact it did not take
Susie bat about five minutes after
/ g cold greeting to tell John that she was
disappointed in him, and that he wo1ld
have to excuse her froa her promise.
She could never marry him.
1t s not recorded that the voapp
man endeavored to change her
mind very lard. 1t any rate he
was not heart-oroken. 1t seems
that ne had an OBJECT of his own
lux appearing DULOIe LIS childEOOdis
sw 5etheart il such apparel, for he had
brought considerably nicer c,otb;ng with
him. He fingered in the vicinity ond in
day or two went back to saw g0o5bv 70
the young lady who had discarded
lin. This time he was dressed in GOOD
clothes and looked quite another msn,
The difference made a great change in
the girls feelings, and she told Joh2 thst
having seen him dressed, up her ideas
he'd changed, and now she was quite
willing to marry him. To this he agreed
ana day was set. But, alas for his
hopes on happiness. The yery next day
re was lmprudent enough to 90 calling
on her rugged up in the same roGrh hs6ii,
snents that ne had worn when he trst
sought her.
lie could not have made worse piay.
AGAIN Bliss Susie declined to carry cut
the M eneal agreement and for the very
sam5:: Irons. This time her lover did
nc 90; ia /, ses il putting on better suit
Woprit 7vli2 change her mind. He told
ne AZ would be as she said, and to
use Expressive phrase of the breezy
westEAe "pglled his freight"